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The PTS transporters of Lactobacillus gasseri ATCC 33323.
BMC microbiology - 12 Mar 2010
Francl Alyssa L, Thongaram Taksawan, Miller Michael J
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BACKGROUND: Lactobacilli can utilize a variety of carbohydrates which reflects the nutrient availability in their respective environments. A common lactobacilli in the human gastrointestinal tract, Lactobacillus gasseri, was selected for further study. The currently available annotation of the L. gasseri ATCC 33323 genome describes numerous putative genes involved in carbohydrate utilization, yet the specific...
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